John THOMPSON

1809-1890

THOMPSON, John, a Representative from New York; born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., July 4, 1809; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and later from Yale College; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); resumed the practice of law; died in New Hamburg, Dutchess County, N.Y., June 1, 1890; interment in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present